Tongue-regulator.



PATENTED JULY 10, 1906-.

J. A. KEARNEY. TONGUE REGULATOR. APPLIGATION Hm 13110.7, 1904.

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[NVENTOR] %MM 611 UNITED STATES JAMES A. KEARNEY,

OF IMOGENE, IOWA.

TONGUE-REGULATOR- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application filed December '7, 1904. Serial No. 235,819.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs A. KEARNEY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Imogene, in the county of Fremont and State of Iowa,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tongue-Regulators,of which the following is a specification.

My tongue-regulator is especially adapted to be used in connection withriding-plows used in sidehill work and embodies a certain new and usefulcombination to be pointed out more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown in Figure 1 a side view of aportion of a riding-plow provided with my tongue-regulator. Fig. 2 showsa rear view of my regulator, while Fig. 3 shows a top view of therock-bar used in my invention.

In plowing listed corn planted upon sloping ground it is found adifficult matter to prevent the riding-plow from dragging sidewise, andit is also quite diflicult to so direct the riding-plow that thecutter-disks will come into proper proximity with the growing plants.

In order to provide a simple device arranged so that the riding-plowwill be guided from side to side, I secure to the usual crankaxle a, asis shown in Fig. 2, the two usual furrow-wheels b. To this crank-axle aare secured the bearings 23, as shown in Fig. 1, from which extend thebrackets 22, to the upper end of which is secured the head 19, securedby means of the plate 18 to a stub-tongue A. This head 19 is providedwith the square opening 20, adapted to receive the ridingplow mechanism,as is usual in riding-plows of this character.

Secured to the upper crank portion of the crank-axle a is a rock-bar 13,from which extends a bolt 17, passing through the stubtongue A, so thatthis rock-bar 13 is pivotally secured to the under side of thestubtongue A, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. At its forward end thisrock-bar 13 is provided with an car 14, a top view of which is shown inFig. 3, and to this ear is secured the connecting-rod 12, which extendsfrom the ear 11 of an adjusting-lever 4, held upon the pivot 3, securedwithin the notched plate 1, which plate 1 is fastened by means of theangle portion 2 to the stub-tongue A. Near the forward end thisstub-tongue A is provided with the bolt C, by means of which bolt issecured the tongue B to the tongue A, so that these tongues A and B arepivotally connected. Extending from an ear 10, secured to the rear endof the tongue B, is the connecting-bar 9, secured to the ear 8 of thelever 4, this lever being provided with the pin 5, adapted to work intothe notch-sector 1 and actuated by the spring 7, as shown. The pin 5 isprovided with the rod 6 and thumblatch 5, as is usual inadjusting-levers. Now in connection with my arrangement if it is desiredto direct the furrow-wheels to the right the lever is carried to theright, which results in shifting the rear tongue A so that thefurrow-wheels are no longer in alinement with the main tongue B, but areplaced at an angle throughout, so that they will continue at a tangentto direct the wheels in an opposite direction, the lever is shifted tothe left.

The invention is simple of construction and readily operated.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by United States Letters Patent,,is

In a device of the character described, the combination with a crankaxle, furrowwheels secured to said crank-axle, a bar secured to saidcrank-axle, brackets extending from said bar, a head, said bracket beingsecured to said head, a suitably-held pivoted stub-tongue, said headbeing secured to said stub-tongue, a rock-bar pivotally secured to saidstub-tongue, said rock-bar being in engagement with said crank-axle, anear proj ecting from said rock-bar, a connecting-rod projecting fromsaid ear, and a suitably-secured adjusting-lever, said connecting-rodbeing secured to said adjusting-lever.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. KEARNEY.

Witnesses:

JAMES ROGERS, JOHN F. Nnss.

